The Annual Great Texas River Clean Up

                                                                                         
                                                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                      Feb. 4, 2013

Katesia Fleetwood

Public Relations

San Marcos River Foundation

kf1259@txstate.edu

The Annual Great Texas River Clean Up

                        SAN MARCOS, Texas, Feb. 4, 2013 --The San Marcos River Foundation (SMRF), the Texas River Protection Association and the Lion's Club will host the twenty-eighth Great Texas River Clean Up of the San Marcos River on March 2 at 9:30 a.m.

  

   In the morning, all volunteers need to sign in at the San Marcos Lion’s Tube rental to receive gloves and trash bags to help clean the 90 miles of river. Volunteers may pick up waste around the parks, creek banks and may paddle in a canoe to clean the river. TG Canoes will be providing canoes for volunteers, but they need to stay with the paddling group throughout the day.

   When President of the Texas River Protection Association and SMRF board member, Tom Goynes, was asked about last year’s river cleaning he was concerned about the river’s missed spots. Goynes is hopeful that this year will be easier to clean and continue to improve the river’s condition compared to last year.

   “The folks who attempted to clean the section from my camp, from San Marcos River Retreat to Sculls Crossing, were overwhelmed with trash," said Goynes. “This is the section that sees thousands of drunken tubers every day during the warm months and the bottom of the river is often covered with beer cans.”

   Heritage Association, Lion’s Club and local citizens formed SMRF in 1985 as a nonprofit corporation to preserve and protect the San Marcos River. The established fund and donations have been helping protect the river for over 25 years.

   For information about the San Marcos River Foundation: Call 512-353-4628 or go to  www.sanmarcosriver.org.

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